Fall of Germany’s Berlin Wall an Inspiration for South Korea, But Reunification With North Korea ‘Not in Sight’

SEOUL—A quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there is little prospect of a negotiated end to the world’s last major division of a former state.

Interest in German reunification remains high in South Korea. German policy makers and academics have become more involved in advising about planning for possible Korean reunification; a new panel set up by the two nations’ foreign ministers met recently in Seoul.